the Chicago Reader by respected film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum. "The Evil Surprise" 1994 A found footage collage with numerous optical printing manipulations to create a comment on social conditioning, won Best Experimental Film Prize at the Ann Arbor Film Festival in 1994 Christopher Potter from The Ann Arbor News called it "a supercharged explosion of topical images and sound..." "Resolving Power" 2001 An exploration on the industrial society and paranoia the film uses "The Pillory" composed by Jasun Martz "The 4th Life" 2007 A feature-length surreal thriller shot in 35mm featuring sound design by David Kristian and music by Electric Wizard "Hymn To Pan" 2008 A visual dance interpretation of the Aleister Crowley poem by the same name, won the "Prix à la création artistique du Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec" (Artistic Creation Award from the Quebec Arts Council) this film opened the 45th edition of the Ann Arbor Film Festival and was featured in a special program at The Toronto International Film Festival Aside from those, Miron has created over 15 films since 1982. A DVD anthology of his work was released in 2010 and has received worldwide but limited distribution. It is distributed in Canada by The CFMDC (along with some of the original prints of his films) and RE-VOIR in Europe. In 2003 he was ranked 4th best filmmaker of Montreal by The Montreal Mirror 14th annual reader's poll In 2008 he won a Juno Award for his photographic work on the cover of the Arcade Fire CD: Neon Bible. In 2007 he started working on a feature-length documentary about legendary avant-garde filmmaker Paul Sharits. The film was completed, and the world premiere took place at The 44th International Film Festival Rotterdam 21 January – 1 February 2015. The film has then been featured in several festivals over the world: Japan, Korea, Israel, France etc. The film won the top award (FILAF D'Or) at FILAF 2015 International Art Book and Film Festival in Perpignan, France. Teachings Since 1993, François Miron has been teaching at The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University in Montreal, there he created a legendary optical printing course, many students were exposed to this art form for the first time and had their artistic vision completely changed and became somewhat notable "experimental filmmakers" themselves (or so they think). With the rise of new technologies and the near death of